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Colorectal Adenocarcinoma · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm
Digestive System Carcinoma
Digestive System Adenocarcinoma
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

Subtype

Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

CI-CAN-00005002Explore in graph →

114 active trials1 approved drugs16 evidence items

NCIt: C5105
OncoTree: COADREAD
DOID: 0050861
UMLS CUI: C1319315

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics26
Variants & evidence16
Drugs10
Trials367
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness5 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
Survival (no data yet)
Trials (data present)
Literature (data present)
Genomics (data present)
Evidence (data present)
Therapies (data present)

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

A carcinoma that arises from the colon or rectum and is characterized by the presence of malignant glandular epithelial cells. Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, serrated adenocarcinoma, cribriform comedo-type adenocarcinoma, and micropapillary adenocarcinoma.

Definition text as published by ncit-evsProvenance

Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
Dataset: NCI Thesaurus
Version: 26.08e
Retrieved: Sep 8, 2026
Layer: raw (as published)
Evidence: expert curation
License: CC BY 4.0
Run: ING-NCITEVS-20260908-000001

Open at source Curated

Data updated 22 days agoSource updated 26.08e

Taxonomy

Position in the hierarchies

Several hierarchies coexist; edges are listed per hierarchy type with their source.

Parents

ncit

Colorectal CarcinomaSubtype
Digestive System AdenocarcinomaSubtype

Children (22)

ncit

Colon Adenocarcinoma15 sub
Colorectal Adenoma-Like Adenocarcinoma
Colorectal Cribriform Comedo-Type Adenocarcinoma2 sub
Colorectal Goblet Cell Adenocarcinoma
Colorectal Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma2 sub
Colorectal Lymphoglandular Complex-Like Adenocarcinoma
Colorectal Medullary Carcinoma2 sub
Colorectal Micropapillary Adenocarcinoma

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

BowelC12736
Digestive SystemC3052

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00005002
Entity type: Subtype
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 6
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

2 sub

Colorectal Moderately Differentiated Adenocarcinoma2 sub

Colorectal Mucinous Adenocarcinoma3 sub

Colorectal Poorly Cohesive Adenocarcinoma1 sub

Colorectal Poorly Differentiated Adenocarcinoma2 sub

Colorectal Serrated Adenocarcinoma2 sub

Colorectal Well Differentiated Adenocarcinoma2 sub

Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Colorectal Adenocarcinoma3 sub

Rectal Adenocarcinoma11 sub

Rectosigmoid Adenocarcinoma2 sub

oncotree

Colon Adenocarcinoma15 sub
Colon Adenocarcinoma In Situ
Colorectal Mucinous Adenocarcinoma3 sub
Rectal Adenocarcinoma11 sub
Rectal Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma

51 descendants in total; counters on this page aggregate over all of them.

367 / 114

Publications (all / 5y)

5,712 / 1,998

Evidence items

16

Genes / variants

529 / 18

Drugs (any / approved)

10 / 1

Genomic cohorts

26

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (2)

Colorectal Adenocarcinomasynonym · OncoTree
Colorectal (Colon or Rectal) Adenocarcinomasynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

Each figure carries its unit, period and source; ranks link to "Why this rank?".

No registry-level ancestor: burden figures are published for the mutually exclusive top-level site groups only, and this entity does not descend from one. Global figures (IARC / GLOBOCAN) stay under license review and SEER awaits credentials.

Active trials114countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #179 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials64countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #175 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items16countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #167 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months427countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #162 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts26countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #41 of 296 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: none · counters aggregate over descendants